Hi,
I have imported files from AO3 using FanFicFare.
There are several columns I want to add that weren't sorted out like: Number of chapters, words, kudos, comments, status (complete/in progress) etc. everything is in the information section of the file but does not appear in the columns when I'm downloading the file from the URL.
When I'm adding a custom column, I need to enter the data manually in order to see it in the right column, that is unreasonably too much time-consuming.
I understand that maybe the answer is in the template and in coding something, but I have no idea how to do it.
I could really use the help with the how and where to do it - if that's possible...
Also - can one configure this after downloading or should the whole files get downloaded again?
Thank you

Hi,
I have imported files from AO3 using FanFicFare.
There are several columns I want to add that weren't sorted out like: Number of chapters, words, kudos, comments, status (complete/in progress) etc. everything is in the information section of the file but does not appear in the columns when I'm downloading the file from the URL.
When I'm adding a custom column, I need to enter the data manually in order to see it in the right column, that is unreasonably too much time-consuming.
I understand that maybe the answer is in the template and in coding something, but I have no idea how to do it.
I could really use the help with the how and where to do it - if that's possible...
Also - can one configure this after downloading or should the whole files get downloaded again?
Thank you

I'll gladly help you navigating the jungle of custom columns

Jimm on another note:

Can I replace metadata in one column while keeping it original in another?

If you imported epub files generated by and downloaded from AO3, you can't update them to add new chapters using FFF because they use a different internal epub format.

But you should be able to still use the "Update Calibre Metadata from Web Site" option (under 'Show Download Options' when downloading or updating) to only fill Calibre columns.

I also recommend creating a long text type custom column for 'Saved Metadata' and configuring it in FFF's Custom Column tab. Then FFF will save all the metadata there on download/update and you can use "Update Calibre Metadata from Saved Metadata Column" to save server hits for books that have already been updated/downloaded since then.

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Originally Posted by mic3

There are several columns I want to add that weren't sorted out like: Number of chapters, words, kudos, comments, status (complete/in progress) etc. everything is in the information section of the file but does not appear in the columns when I'm downloading the file from the URL.

Common metadata entries that most sites support can be set to Calibre standard or custom columns in the FFF config GUI under the "Standard Column" and "Custom Column" tabs.

Site-specific metadata entries such as AO3's kudos & comments need to be configured in FFF's personal.ini settings using the custom_columns_settings keyword.

I can think of three completely things you might mean by your last two posts.

Instead of me guessing, can you please be as specific as possible about what you want help with. Give me a story URL, what values you want where, what you get instead of what you want, and a copy of the relevant parts your existing personal.ini.

The fandom for Lord of the Rings has many different tags with the same meaning, because people can write their own.

I don't know if they've changed their coding enough for you to be able to collect that metadata.

It's the part I've circled, I would like it collected in a separate column aside from all the normal fandom tags.

I hope I've explained this better.

Since the wrangled/normalized tag is not present in the work itself, trying to get all the normalized versions for the various tags is not practical for FanFicFare at all. It's better to do this yourself with the Scrub Tags feature in the JobSpy plugin.